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1946 Mercury

Image

An unidentified African American woman with her back to the photographer, reaches her left hand across the hood of a 1946 Mercury Sedan to reach her...

Date Published
1946
1949
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

1946 Mercury

Image

A photograph of a parked 1946 Mercury sedan with the driver's side door open. Two unidentified African American people, a man and a woman, are on the...

Date Published
1946
1949
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Allan Reuss with guitar

Image

Allan Reuss playing guitar in a recording studio. Reuss is sitting on a stool and resting the guitar on his lap while looking forward and smiling.

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Andy Russell and Eileen Barton

Image

Andy Russell and Eileen Barton standing in front of a stage curtain. Russell is holding a microphone and looking forward with a loving expression...

Date Published
1945
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Barry Ulanov

Image

Barry Ulanov standing next to an unidentified woman. Both are looking forward and smiling. Ulanov is wearing a light colored suit jacket and striped...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bill Stegmeyer and unidentified musicians

Image

Bill Stegmeyer sitting on a chair and playing clarinet with other unidentified studio musicians holding flutes. Stegmeyer is looking down at a music...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Billy Butterfield playing trumpet in studio

Image

Billy Butterfield wearing a striped t-shirt and playing trumpet into a Capitol Records microphone hanging from the ceiling of a recording studio.

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Billy Butterfield reading music and holding trumpet

Image

Billy Butterfield looking down to read some music in a studio while holding his trumpet. Behind Butterfield are music stands and a Capitol Records...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Blue Book models holding records

Image

Six Blue Book models posing with records for grand opening of Freddy Martin's Ambassador Music Shop located in Los Angeles, California.

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bob Wilber and Sidney Bechet

Image

Bob Wilber playing clarinet and Sidney Bechet playing soprano saxophone. Both are holding up their instruments as they play.

Date Published
1946
1947
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Buck Clayton and others

Image

Buck Clayton on stage playing trumpet with an unidentified bass player in New York.

Date Published
1946
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Rex Stewart in the green room

Image

Buck Clayton and Rex Stewart; New York.

Date Published
1946
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton Benny Morton and others

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Buck Clayton, trumpet with: Benny Morton, Jack Butler, Mezz Mezzrow, Max Kaminsky, Eddie Barefield, Cliff Jackson with microphone and the man seated...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with Illinois Jacquet and others

Image

Illinois Jacquet, Trummy Young and Buck Clayton performing in a row, on stage in New York.

Date Published
1946
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Charles "Cootie" Williams

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Charles "Cootie" Williams playing trumpet on stage into a microphone in front of an unidentified musician. Williams is wearing a light colored suit...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Charles "Cootie" Williams

Image

Charles "Cootie" Williams standing behind a stand full of music and holding one arm out next to a Capitol Records microphone. Williams is looking to...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Clark Cookingham walks on sidewalk with Harriette W. Cookingham

Image

Clark Cookingham wearing overcoat and sweater with a D on it walks on sidewalk with Harriette W. Cookingham who wears a Leopard fur lined coat.

Date Published
1942
1946
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Club Downbeat

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Club Downbeat marquee at night advertising a performance of Dizzy Gillespie and a poster advertising a performance of the Barbara Carroll Trio.

Date Published
1946
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Coleman Hawkins playing saxophone

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Coleman Hawkins on stage playing saxophone with an unidentified bass player in New York.

Date Published
1946
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Coleman Hawkins playing saxophone

Image

Coleman Hawkins on stage playing saxophone with Roy Eldridge, trumpet and unidentified bassist and pianist in New York.

Date Published
1946
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Dave Dexter, John Hammond, Count Basie, and Sonny Burke

Image

In Hollywood, in 1946, Count Basie smokes his pipe and enjoys the company of his supporters Dave Dexter, Jr., the writer and record producer; John...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, and Al Jarvis

Image

Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, and Al Jarvis on a broadcast of "Can You Tie That" KLAC radio program in Los Angeles, California. Dexter and Cole are...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Della Norell, Lila Seaman, Bullets Durgom, and Andy Russell

Image

Della Norell, Lila Seaman, Bullets Durgom, and Andy Russell sitting at a dining table surrounded by unidentified patrons at the Copacabana in New York...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dinah Shore

Image

Dinah Shore singing into a microphone in a recording studio and smiling while holding a hand to her face. Shore is wearing a dark blouse and pearl...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dinah Shore

Image

Dinah Shore singing into a microphone in a recording studio and smiling while holding a hand to her face. Shore is wearing a dark blouse and pearl...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

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Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (43)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (23)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (3)
  • Leon M. Jordan Collection (3)
  • Richard W. Bolling Collection (3)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (3)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (2)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (82)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (82)
  • Gelatin silver prints (82)
  • Group portraits (57)
  • Portrait photographs (47)
  • Film stills (4)
  • Architectural photographs (2)
  • Cityscape photographs (2)
  • (-) Snapshots (82)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (59)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (38)
  • African American jazz musicians (29)
  • Trumpet players (17)
  • Men, White (16)
  • Saxophonists (12)
  • Jazz musicians, White (11)
  • Pianists (11)
  • Trombonists (11)
  • Double bassists (10)
  • African American men (9)
  • Clarinetists (7)
  • Women, White (7)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (6)
  • Women jazz singers (6)
  • Women singers (6)
  • Actresses (5)
  • Conductors (Music) (5)
  • Composers (4)
  • Jazz singers (4)
  • African American women (3)
  • Automobiles (3)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Politicians (3)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Dinners and dining (2)
  • Male singers (2)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • Advertising--Motion pictures (1)
  • African American women jazz singers (1)
  • Armed Forces--Officers (1)
  • City managers (1)
  • Coats (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Lyricists (1)
  • Marquees (1)
  • Models (Persons) (1)
  • Motion picture actors and actresses (1)
  • Music critics (1)
  • Radio talk show hosts (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Sound recordings (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • Theaters (1)
  • Trombone (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • New York (N.Y.) (4)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (3)
  • Washington (D.C.) (3)
  • Estes Park (Colo.) (2)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)
  • 12th Street (1)
  • Grand Avenue (1)
  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (7)
  • Young, Trummy (7)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (6)
  • Dexter, Dave (5)
  • Rubenstein, Artur, 1887-1982 (4)
  • Scharf, Walter, 1910-2003 (4)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (3)
  • Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959 (3)
  • Butler, Jack, 1909- (3)
  • Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989 (3)
  • Hawkins, Coleman (3)
  • Jordan, Leon M. (Leon Mercer), 1905-1970 (3)
  • Mezzrow, Mezz, 1899-1972 (3)
  • Shore, Dinah, 1917-1994 (3)
  • Stewart, Rex, 1907-1967 (3)
  • Truman, Bess Wallace (3)
  • Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 (3)
  • Truman, Margaret, 1924-2008 (3)
  • Butterfield, Billy, 1917-1988 (2)
  • Christy, June, 1925-1990 (2)
  • Dane, Patricia, 1919-1995 (2)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (2)
  • Durrett, Warren (2)
  • Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 (2)
  • Hammond, John, 1910-1987 (2)
  • Lee, Peggy, 1920-2002 (2)
  • Russell, Andy, 1919-1992 (2)
  • Stafford, Jo (2)
  • Williams, Cootie (2)
  • Abravanel, Maurice, 1903-1993 (1)
  • Barefield, Eddie, 1909-1991 (1)
  • Barton, Eileen (1)
  • Buckner, Milt (1)
  • Bunn, Jimmy (1)
  • Burke, Sonny, 1914-1980 (1)
  • Burnette, Smiley, 1911-1967 (1)
  • Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (1)
  • Como, Perry, 1912-2001 (1)
  • Cookingham, Clark G. (1)
  • Cookingham, Harriette W. (1)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (1)
  • De Paris, Wilbur (1)
  • Dexter, Pat (1)
  • Durgom, George (1)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (1)
  • Flynn, Ed (1)
  • Gay, Ruth Anne (1)
  • Grable, Betty, 1916-1973 (1)
  • Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 (1)
  • Humes, Helen (1)
  • Jackson, Cliff, 1902-1970 (1)
  • James, Harry, 1916-1983 (1)
  • Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (1)
  • Jones, Jonah, 1909-2000 (1)
  • Jordan, Orchid, 1910-1995 (1)
  • Kaminsky, Max, 1908-1994 (1)
  • Kersey, Kenny, 1916-1983 (1)
  • Lamare, Nappy (1)
  • Lear, Ben, 1979-1966 (1)
  • Lyons, Jimmy (1)
  • McHargue, Rosy, 1902-1999 (1)
  • Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976 (1)
  • Morse, Ella Mae (1)
  • Morton, Benny (1)
  • Norell, Della (1)
  • Norman, Gene (1)
  • Rando, Doc (1)
  • Redmond, Joseph K., 1913-1996 (1)
  • Reuss, Allan (1)
  • Riggs, Tommy (1)
  • Romay, Lina (1)
  • Rushton, Joe (1)
  • Seaman, Lila (1)
  • Shaffer, Lloyd (1)
  • Simms, Ginny (1)
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998 (1)
  • Singleton, Zutty, 1898-1975 (1)
  • Starr, Kay (1)
  • Stegmeyer, Bill, 1916-1968 (1)
  • Sullivan, Joe, 1906-1971 (1)
  • Ulanov, Barry (1)
  • Warren, Harry, 1893-1981 (1)
  • Wilber, Bob (1)

Date Published

  • 1945 (6)
  • 1950 (4)
  • 1941 (3)
  • 1949 (3)
  • 1942 (1)
  • 1943 (1)
  • 1947 (1)
  • (-) 1946 (82)

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